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With Jones proving that he may not be as raw as many believe him to be, the former Ohio State Buckeye could fight his way to the backup job within the next couple of games. For the Bills, predictably, defensive end/outside linebacker Shaq Lawson (shoulder surgery) and inside linebacker Reggie Ragland (knee operation), didn't play. (more...)

Although predominantly a winger Sullivan was quick to point out on Twitter that the Ghanaian had been played as a winger by Swansea but Andre Ayew can also play as a striker, and scored 6 goals in 8 games playing as a striker in the premier league last season. (more...)

Armenian Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who played for the last quarter of an hour at Bournemouth, is another contender for a midfield place, having also been added to a squad that Mourinho said had been "sad" when he first encountered them. "I think he can be phenomenal for the team and the Premier League". It was a great moment for the Spaniard. In the absence of Paul Pogba, their world record signing, United eased to victory after Mata punished a awful mistake by Bournemouth defender Simon ... (more...)

As NPR points out , if Phelps was not a person but a country competing in Rio, he would have more gold medals than all but 32 of the 205 countries present, and that includes medal tallies from the summer AND winter games. The U.S.A. men's swimming team wins another gold medal. They finished first with an Olympic record time of 3 minutes 27.95 seconds. The first match of the Olympic wrestling tournament produced one of the biggest upsets of the Rio de Janeiro Games: Shinobu Ota of ... (more...)

Her request for Chris to submit to drug tests was also denied, and she was ordered to pay Brown back for the almost $20,000 in attorney fees he gave her. Now, Nia has to pay him the money back, after the judge ruled she wasn't entitled to it. Meanwhile, Brown will have custody over Royalty for 12 days a month. (more...)

There was a moment - just a tiny split second - where there may have been a doubt but coming off the back straight, the two went head-to-head in a full-on sprint. "I know Tanui but not really the Ethiopians and what they were capable of". Rupp looked over his shoulder at Farah, who gave him a thumbs up that he was not hurt. (more...)

Speaking of Vincent Janssen , Mauricio Pochettino was pleased with the Dutchman's performances and how he compliments Harry Kane well. The Champions League we're going to play in Wembley. "How you assess or measure the percentage of how your team is - for me it is very hard". I feel fit and ready to go. "When a person makes a decision and it is personal, what can I do?" "And after the game, when you have played badly, you have played badly, and you need to be honest - I try to be honest". (more...)

Royals DH Kendrys Morales received a one-game suspension and a fine for his actions following a ninth inning ejection, which included returning to the field, in Tuesday night's game. Jake Odorizzi , who is working on a steak of 14 2/3 scoreless innings for the Rays, is scheduled to start tonight against Edinson Volquez , who will make his team-leading 23rd start for the Royals. (more...)

An August tradition, the Perseids are so named because the meteors appear to come from the constellation Perseus. NASA added that Jupiter's gravity has tugged the debris stream from Swift-Tuttle, which places Earth more in the center of the stream, rather than the edge. (more...)

Team USA improved to 4-0 in preliminary round play of the 2016 Olympics in Rio after defeating Serbia 94-91 on Friday. After close calls the past two games against Australia and Serbia that dented their aura of invincibility, the Americans once again faced a stiff challenge. (more...)

The only event left for Phelps to swim here is Saturday night's medley relay. Luckily for Phelps , his relay teammate Conor Dwyer gave him his own cap in time, and by the time Phelps hit the water the race was all but over. "This is like my first gold medal it's not like I've won 22 or 23". Before Phelps and Lochte go at it in the pool, Katie Ledecky swims the preliminaries of the 800 freestyle, her last individual event in Rio. (more...)

We've not had enough runs from the top order this summer. England have lot at stake in this match as they will win this series if they produce any result except for their defeat and also they can climb up to the top position in Test rankings given the same result. (more...)

Michael Phelps brought the curtain down on his incredible swimming career with his 23rd Olympic gold medal - and his fifth of the Rio Games - as the United States beat Britain and Australia to win the men's 4×100-meter medley relay on Saturday. (more...)

Ranked No. 10 by Federation Internationale de Football Association coming into the Rio Games, Canada has now dispatched three of the top five teams - first Australia (No. Beckie sent in a unsafe cross in a rare Canadian attack in the 23rd minute after a nice Sinclair through ball but the ball was knocked away. Fullback Josée Bélanger is out due to suspension (yellow card accumulation), while fellow fullback Allysha Chapman had her shoulder pop out in the France game after a rough on-field ... (more...)

On the final night of swimming in Rio , Manuel won a silver in the 50-meter freestyle and then helped the United States 400-meter medley relay team to gold. Manuel seemed comfortable speaking out, but she also wished that her accomplishment wasn't such a rarity. Manuel picked Stanford because, she said, "You have to work hard and be pretty smart to get into a school like this - but honestly, that's another reason why I picked it, because I wanted to be in this atmosphere and challenge myself". (more...)

Britain were trailing until 500m to go, when a huge roar erupted from the numerous Britons in the crowd. Just four years after leaving the boards of the velodrome, and with the backing of Team Sky, Wiggo became the first British man to win the Tour de France, riding away from rivals Cadel Evans and Vincenzo Nibali in the mountains and beating Chris Froome in both Time Trials. (more...)

Brittney Griner, the 6-foot-8 Olympic rookie who continues to look more comfortable in and away from the post, and Tina Charles had game highs of 18 points each. "Personally I felt we were going to dominate these games that they were going to come easy", said guard Paul George. "Starting the second half or maybe the fourth quarter I think our first six, seven baskets were assisted". (more...)

Anthony Rendon also went 2 for 4 with a two-run double and Daniel Murphy and Wilson Ramos each had an RBI. Cleveland Indians' Jose Ramirez (11) celebrates with teammates after driving in a run and later scoring during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Tuesday, Aug. (more...)

The Giants won with six hits, and took the series despite scoring just one run in the final 24 innings. MIAMI (AP) - Two days after Brandon Crawford battered the Miami Marlins with seven hits, he beat them with one swing. Marcell Ozuna (1 for 3, walk) and Ichiro Suzuki (2 for 4, double) were the only Marlins to reach base twice. But Miami bunched two hits in an inning only once - in the second - and Derek Dietrich was thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double. (more...)

And these changes paid for the visitors towards the end of the first half. Bournemouth always start with great intensity but we kept our control. Callum Wilson and Joshua King tried their lucks with sudden shots time and again, however those were not on target and were not at all risky to trouble David De Gea. (more...)